Shirt-sleeve holder.



H. P. LYNCH.

SHIRT SLEEVE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23, 1914.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

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HARRY I. LYNCH, 0F WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHIRT-SLEEVE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3,1914.

Application filed March 23, 1914. Serial N 0. 826,751.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY P. LYNCH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at lVilkes-Barre, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirt-Sleeve Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sleeve holders and an object of the invention is to provide a sleeve holder which will not be severed when the shirt is laundried.

A. further object of the invention is to provide a device for holding sleeves in a raised position which will have interlocking members readily detachable but at the same time sufficiently stiff to prevent accidental removal.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device for holding sleeves in a raised position which can be readily removed by one hand.

WVith these and other objects in view, my invention comprises certain new and useful constructions, arrangements and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts in the several views: Figure 1 shows a portion of a sleeve with my invention applied thereto, the top referred to hereinafter being held in inoperative position; Fig. 2 shows the same sleeve withthe tab in operative position; Fig. 3 shows the manner of removing the tab from the hold ing strap.

The general aim of the present invention is to provide a device for holding sleeves in a raised position of such construction as can be readily laundried without danger of destroying the said device. Other devices for accomplishing the same result have been proposed, but most of these devices have either a metallic member which dlSCOlOI'S the shirt or a solid member in the form of a button or similar device which becomes crushed or at least broken very frequently when the shirt is being laundried. I aim to provide a shirt sleeve holder which offsets these difficulties by formingupon the sleeve a strap, the upper side of which is provlded with a notch and in securing to the lower part of the sleeve a tab having an arrowshaped head of such proportions as will engage the notch in the strap. In order to give a more complete description of the same, one embodiment of the invention will be shown in the drawing.

The shirt sleeve indicated generally at 1 has secured thereto in any approved manner, a strap 2, the upper end of which is provided with a notch 3, this strap being made of any suitable material.

Secured at a point just above the cuff of the sleeve is a tab l which is made of any suitable material. The upper end of this tab is provided with an arrow shaped head 5 having downwardly pointing ears 6 sub stantially as shown in the drawing. These ears are so proportioned as to fill the notch 3 formed in the strap 2. The tale l may also be stiffened by means of the same or a similar material used to stiffen the strap. Secured at a point intermediate the strap 2 and the point of securingythe tab to the sleeve is another strap 7 made of the same material as that from which the shirt sleeve is made, but not padded or provided with any other stiffening device. As shown in Fig. 1, this second strap which is not padded is so placed as to hold the arrow head of the tab out of harms way while it will be understood that the strap 2 is spaced sufficiently above the tab to hold the cuff away from the wearers wrist. I may, of course, place these tabs at any desired part of the sleeve and although I have shown the holder as formed on the part of the sleeve covering the forearm, yet I am not limited to the use of the holder at that particular part. As seen in Fig. 2, the arrow head 5 has been passed under the strap 2 and the depending ears 6 extended beyond the end of the notch 3 so as to engage the front face of the strap 2.

When it is desired to remove the arrow end 5 from the strap 2, it will be necessary merely to grasp the depending ends 6 between the thumb and forefinger of one hand and raise the same slightly to disengage the notch 3 after which the ends may be pressed beneath the strap 2, the strap being almost wide enough to allow the arrow head to pass therethrough without movement of the ears 6. From this, it will be seen that the shirt sleeve holder can be disengaged with one hand which is a desideratum inasmuch as the other hand is practically useless for disengaging the arrow head from the strap 2. y a

It will be readily understood from the drawing that the arrow-shaped end of the tab can be simply raised from the position shown in Fig. 1 to the position shown in Fig. 2 without disengaging the same from the auxiliary strap employed normally to hold the tab out of harms Way when the shirt sleeve is not raised when it is desired to hold the sleeve in a raised position.

What I claim is:

l. A shirt sleeve holder comprising a tab having the free end thereof provided with depending ears, a strap secured to the shirt sleeve above the tab and provided with a notch, said ears adapted to engage the notch to hold the sleeve in raised position.

2. A shirt sleeve holder comprising a tab secured to the shirt sleeve, the free end of the tab being formed substantially in the form of an arrow head, a strap secured to the shirt sleeve above the tab provided with a notch on the upper side thereof, said arrow formed end adapted to engage the said notch to hold the sleeve in a raised position.

3. A shirt sleeve holder comprising a fabric tab secured to the shirt sleeve, the free end of the tab being formed substantially in the form of an arrow head, a strap secured to the shirt above the tab, said arrow-shaped end adapted to engage the top of said strap to hold the sleeve in raised position.

In testimony whereof I ai'fiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY P. LYNCH.

Witnesses GRACE M. BLEWITT. GRAQJE M. BLEWITT.

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